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White-spotted Woodpecker
Veniliornis spilogaster (Wagler, 1827)
Picidae — Woodpeckers
White-spotted Woodpecker, Veniliornis spilogaster, is a woodpecker of south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina and Uruguay. It is a resident bird across this South American range. It uses a wide mix of wooded places, including humid lowland forest, gallery forest, scattered forest patches, open woodland and lightly wooded parks. It is also found in wooded areas from Goiás and Minas Gerais southwards to Entre Ríos Province. The species is monotypic. It was described by Wagler in 1827.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae — Woodpeckers
- Breeding range
- South America: se Brazil, e Paraguay, ne Argentina and Uruguay
